Tidbits from the 2000 Census

The following statistics from the 2000 U. S. Census were printed in the June 4, 2002, edition of the St. Paul Pioneer Press. For more information, go to U. S. Census 2000 or American Fact Finder

Subject	Falcon Heights	Ramsey County
Total Population	5,572	511,035
Percent with Bachelor's degree or highter	70.3	34.3
Percent who speak a language other than English at home	22.8	8.6
Percent married	57.2	48.4
Percent divorced or separated	6.6	11.4
Percent living in same house in 1995	50.9	53.8
Percent living in different state in 1995	9.5	8.8
Percent foreign born	19.3	10.6
Percent who drove alone to work	59.2	75
Average travel time to work (in minutes)	19.1	21.2
Median household income - 1989 (adjusted for inflation)	$41,092	$41,587
Median household income - 1999	$51,382	$45,722
Percent of individuals living in poverty - 1989	10.6	11.4
Percent of individuals living in poverty - 1999	9.6	10.6
Percent housing units built since 1990	2.3	7
Percent of owner-occupied households paying 30 percent or more of income for housing	9.5	17.3
Percent of renter-occupied households paying 30 percent or more for housing	29.4	37.6

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